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10/11/14: St. Louis Blues 4 Calgary Flames 1

St. Louis ContributionsA. Steen – picks up the puck in the offensive zone along the left side boards after Engelland and Setoguchi turn it over, then cuts to the middle with a 3-on-1 and passes the puck to Stastny on the inside edge of the right faceoff circleP. Stastny – holds the puck for a second as Hiller square up to him and then passes the puck across the slot to Lindstrom on the left sideJ. Lindstrom – taps the puck in past Hiller’s left pad

Calgary FaultsD. Setoguchi – chases a puck from the neutral zone to his defensive blue line and tries to play it to Engelland a foot away, who isn’t ready for the puck and it becomes a turnoverD. Engelland – closes off Setoguchi’s path with the puck along the boards and then can’t play the pass, turning it over

2nd Blues Goal (Backes), Powerplay

St. Louis ContributionsA. Steen – picks up the puck along the boards in the defensive zone and passes it to Stastny streaking up the right side of the neutral zoneP. Stastny – carries the puck into the offensive zone, pulls up above the right faceoff circle, and passes the puck to Shattenkirk at the right pointK. Shattenkirk – pulls the puck towards the middle of the blue line and takes a wrist shotD. Backes – deflects Shattenkirk’s shot with the shaft of his stick past Hiller’s right arm

St. Louis ContributionsV. Tarasenko – pries a puck loose behind the net and knocks it to Pietrangelo in the right corner (cont.), gets the puck back and passes it to the right point for ShattenkirkA. Pietrangelo – makes a one-touch pass back to Tarasenko (cont.), gets the puck from Shattenkirk and passes it back to him (cont.), skates in after Shattenkirk’s shot and shoots the bounce off of the backboards past Hiller’s blocker before he can move overK. Shattenkirk – makes a one-touch pass to the left faceoff circle for Stastny (cont.), gets the puck from Stastny and moves it to the right point for Pietrangelo (cont.), one-times Pietrangelo’s pass but misses the net, so the puck hits the backboards to the left side of the net and bounces out to the right side of the netP. Stastny – holds the puck and then moves it back to Shattenkirk, now at the left point

Calgary FaultsD. Engelland – in the penalty box for high-sticking

4th Blues Goal (Tarasenko), Even

St. Louis ContributionsJ. Schwartz – gets to a loose puck behind the net and pushes it towards the crease, where it hits Monahan’s skate and bounces into the slotV. Tarasenko – steps to the loose puck in the slot and takes a slapshot that goes past Hiller’s blocker

Calgary FaultsS. Monahan – stands on the crease in front of Hiller, where he deflects the puck to Tarasenko in the slot and is also playing too deep to cover Tarasenko as he steps into a slapshot

1st Flames Goal (Glencross), Powerplay

Calgary ContributionsM. Backlund – lifts Pietrangelo’s stick behind the Blues net and steals the puck, passing it around the boards to Brodie at the right pointT. Brodie – moves the puck to Giordano at the left pointM. Giordano – takes a quick wrist shot towards the netC. Glencross – deflects Giordano’s shot out of the air and puts it on the ice through Elliott’s five-hole

St. Louis FaultsK. Shattenkirk – in the penalty box for hookingA. Pietrangelo – loses the puck to Backlund on a stick lift behind the net